> Once upon a time Brian Kramer shaped the electrons to say...
> >What kind of filters are recommended if any on a portmaster with dialup
> >users using slip or ppp?
>
> There is no recommended filter. Filters are only used *if* a site feels
> they need them, and then they are customized for each site's needs.
I would disagree. *ALL* ISP's should include filters against source
address spoofing, which makes it more difficult to perform denial of
service attacks like the recent SYN attacks.
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